Vesle
Sign in to saveThe Vesle () is the river on which the city of Reims stands. It is a fourth order river of France and a left-bank tributary of the Aisne. It is long, and rises in the département of Marne through which it flows for most of its course.
Key facts
- River.name
- Vesle
- River.image
- FR-51-Vesle.JPG
- River.image_caption
- The Vesle at Muizon
- River.map
- Vesle.png
- River.mouth_location
- Aisne
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- France
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- FR-51-Vesle.JPG
- Length
- 139.5
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- discharge
- 7.52
- Commons category
- Vesle
- watershed area
- 1480
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- Geography
- Communications
- Tributaries
- Flow rates of the Vesle at Braine
- History
- Ecology
- References
The Vesle () is the river on which the city of Reims stands. It is a fourth order river of France and a left-bank tributary of the Aisne. It is long, and rises in the département of Marne through which it flows for most of its course.
==Geography== The Vesle flows through the following départements and towns: Marne: Courtisols, Reims, Fismes Aisne: Braine It rises at an elevation of about , on the dip slope of the Upper Cretaceous chalk, near the village of Somme-Vesle, east of Châlons-en-Champagne. Though still passing through the chalk country, it soon begins to flow on its own Holocene deposits. It passes through Reims (latitude 49° 15’ 57’’ N, longitude 4° 1’ 46’’ E). On leaving the city's western outskirts, it enters the much more wooded landscape of the Eocene geology. The info box photograph shows the Vesle as it passes through fen carr, a little downstream from Reims. Halfway From Reims to Soissons, at Fismes (Latitude 49° 18' 28" N Longitude 03° 40' 53" E) the river receives the river Ardre from its left bank. At Condé-sur-Aisne, having descended to an elevation of about , the Vesle joins the Aisne.
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